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namefag

namefag noun: a person who uses a name online (either their real name or a username) as opposed to posting anonymously, especially on the 4chan community.

Noun

namefag (plural namefags)

  1. (Internet, derogatory) A person who uses a name online (either their real name or a username) as opposed to posting anonymously, especially on the 4chan community.
    • Anonymous, Monica is a "namefag", you are hogging her limelight and now she's desperate to get it back... :)2008 February 12, Alexia Death, “Re: Article Recommendation for "Anonymous"”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)
    • In fact, people who even used a name or tried to maintain any continuity of identity at all were generally mocked as namefags.2008 June 27, henri, “Re: Jesus - what is happening at Enturbulation.org”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)

Verb

namefag (third-person singular simple present namefags, present participle namefagging, simple past and past participle namefagged)

  1. (Internet, derogatory) To reveal one's identity or have one's identity revealed.
    • Someone who namefags themself for the attention is derided, someone who namefags themself for the cause (eg: being police contact for their locality, getting permits, etc) is lauded.2008 February 20, Anonymous [username], “Re: OPERATION RECONNECT - APRIL”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)
    • Maybe some anons not careful enough get namefagged.2008 September 25, Ackerland [username], “Re: Garry Scarff aka Happy Smurf; still spying after all these years?”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)

Examples of namefag in a sentence

  • More people were criticizing him on AnonOps and Twitter as a namefag, moralfag, and leaderfag.2012, Parmy Olson, We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency, Little, Brown and...
  • According to posts on WWP, the Anon who was struck did not want to have to namefag himself, which would have been necessary to press charges.2009 January 18, Beth, “Re: protesters assaulted in Clearwater; apparently by a retard”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet):

Forms of namefag

Noun
pluralnamefags
Verb
third-person singular presentnamefags
present participlenamefagging
past participlenamefagged
pastnamefagged

Origin of namefag

From name + -fag.

Questions about namefag

What does namefag mean?
Namefag means a person who uses a name online (either their real name or a username) as opposed to posting anonymously, especially on the 4chan community.
How do you use namefag in a sentence?
More people were criticizing him on AnonOps and Twitter as a namefag, moralfag, and leaderfag.
What part of speech is namefag?
Namefag can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of namefag?
The plural of namefag is namefags.

Words near namefag in the dictionary

  1. namedroppings
  2. namedrops
  3. namedst
  4. namee
  5. namees
  6. namefag
  7. namefagged
  8. namefagging
  9. namefags
  10. namefellow
  11. namefellows

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